Improvement in car-couplings



H. FAKE.

Car Coupling. No. 44,085. Patented Sept. 6, 1864.

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UNITED STATES I PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY FAKE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN CAR-COUPLINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 14,085, dated September6, 1864.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY FAKE, of Ohicago,in the countyof Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new andImproved Oar- Coupling; and I do hereby-declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable othersskilled in the art to. make and use the same, reference being bad to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in whichFigure 1 represents a side sectional view of my invention, taken intheline .00 00, Fig. 2; Fig. 2, a horizontal section of the same, takenin the line y y, Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a transverse vertical section of thesame, taken in the line 2 2, Fig. 1. I

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

The object of this invention is to obtain a car-coupling by which thedanger of coupling by hand will' be avoided, and one which willaccommodate itself to all variations in the track-that is to say, admitofworking or playing both horizontally and vertically under the movementof the ears as the latter pass over the track or rails.

I construct the draw-head A of cast or wrought iron. The former materialwill probably be used. It may be of the usual form with open sides, andis provided at its rear with two lugs, to a, to which wroughtiron strapsare riveted, having between them a spring arranged in the ordinary orany proper manner. On the inner sides ofthe top and bottom plates of thedraw-head there are conical projections B B, one on each. Theseprojections may be ,cast with the plates, and they are in line with eachother, as shown clearly in Fig. 1, and cored out to admit ofa pin, (1,passing through them.

D D represent two bars, which are placed one on the top of the other,and through which the pin 0 passes, the bars I) D being between theprojections B B, and the ends of the lat- -ter being convex, as shownat'b, to admit of the bars I) D having a vertical play or movement, theholes a in said bars being also of conical form to further that end.(SeeFig. 1.) The bars D D are made in hook form at d d in Fig. 2, sothat they may grasp the pin in the draw-head of an adjoining car, andthe rear ends of the bars D D are fitted between sliding bars E E, whichwork on parallel rods F F, placed horizontally in the back part of thedraw-head. Between these bars E E and the sides of the draw-head thereare spiral springs G G, which have a tendency to keep the bars E Etoward each other and the inner edges of the hooks d at slightlyoverlapped, as shown clearly in Fig. 2. j

H II are two parallel sliding bars, which are fitted on rods I I, placedvertically in the rear of the draw-head, and having spiral springs Jbetween them and the top and bottom plates of the draw-head. The springsJ have a toad ency to keep the bars H H pressed toward each other, andboth pairs of springs, G J, have a tendency to keep the bars D D in acentral position in the draw-head, both as regards a vertical andhorizontal direction, while at the same time they admit of said bars D Dworking or playing vertically and horizontally under the side surgingand vertical movement of the cars as the latter pass over the track orrails.

The springs G G admit of the hooks being forced apart to receive a pinof the draw-head of an adjoining car, and cause said hooks to grasp orengage the pin when the latter is within the hooks. The outer edges ofthe hooks d d are beveled in order that the pin of the adjoiningdraw-head may force them apart when brought in contact with them.

1 would remark that my invention may be used with the ordinary draw-headand coupling-pin on one car. In case my improvement is applied to bothcars a coupling-pin may be inserted in the holes a" at the front part ofmy draw-head, the bars D D being removed.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The two bars D D,provided with books (1 cl at their outer ends, and fitted within thedraw-head A on the pin 0, between the projections B B, in .combinationwith the springs G G J J and the sliding bars E E H H, all arrangedsubstantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

HENRY FAKE. Witnesses:

A. J. BROWN, HENRY D. NIGIITINGALE.

